Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

This activity turns kids into word detectives - scouring their way through documents in search of their prey.

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.